Project Designer | Chicago
Job Description
Project Designer
Hospitality, Multifamily, Student Housing, and Senior Living Projects
Working Style: Hybrid working style
This is an excellent opportunity for a creative, detail-oriented, and collaborative Project Designer to join a talented team working on hospitality, multifamily, student housing, and senior living projects. Join an established firm with company culture and atmosphere of being transparent, innovative, collaborative, rewarding, and trusting. Make an impact and grow your career with an award-winning talented team.
The Project Designer directs programming, visioning design development and management strategy processes. The Project Designer originates and develops design concepts and is the author of project development from initial concept through construction administration, along with the Project Manager.
The Project Designer works as the principal creative leading the design team to generate a unique vision of our clients’ story through great design, along with the Project Manager. The Project Designer also acts as the lead project manager in the production of project design materials. The Project Designer acts as a resource to the design staff in guiding the design direction and coordinates schedules and delegates design development activities. Along with the Project manager, the Project Designer is the direct liaison with clients, as well as other consultants involved in the project design.
Responsibilities
- Initial programming with Client
- Visioning presentation for Interior Architecture
- Manage design team’s production of drawings
- FFE design, specification, installation schedule
- Manages the Client and Client’s consultants
- Manage Revit standards and reinforce the firm’s commitment to advancing our use of technology with respect to the design process and production of documents
- Must possess the ability to work on multiple projects at the same time
- Must maintain a good, professional relationship with the interior team, clients, and consultants
- Contribute to the financial success of the project by communicating with the Owner and coordinating staffing efforts to meet budgets and deadlines as outlined in the Contract
- Evaluating selected materials and finishes and coordinating with vendors and consultants
- Construction Administration: Attend Team Meetings/conference calls according to our Contract, review, and process & record RFIs / Submittals, and coordinate responses with their team
- Coaching and mentoring experience essential
- Strong team player
- Consistent, dependable, and conscientious
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in interior degree from an accredited school
- In pursuit or licensed NCIDQ
- Software Proficiency in Revit, Enscape, Microsoft Suite, Photoshop, PowerPoint
- 5-8 years of interior design or interior architectural experience preferably in Hospitality, Multifamily, Student Housing, or Senior Living
- Proven leadership skills
- Self-motivated, encourages and develops others•Pushes for excellence in themselves and others
- Reliable and accurate, exacting, detail-conscious
- Devoted to client service and takes individual initiative
- Effective in time management
- Must have excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage high-priority tasks/projects concurrently
- Active professional social media involvement including Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, etc.
- Travel may be required
Compensation and Benefits
- Competitive Salary + Bonus Potential + Full Benefits Package
- Full Benefits Package: healthcare (medical, dental, vision), disability insurance (short-term and long-term), life insurance, 401K with a company match, PTO, parental leave, continued education coverage, association/membership fee coverage, flexible scheduling, team gatherings, and much more.
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Why work with Interior Talent?
- OUR CLIENTS hire us to FIND YOU
- Exclusively focused on the Architecture and Design industries
- We work with the DECISION MAKERS – Owners, Principals, Directors, and HR
- CONFIDENTIALITY & PROFESSIONALISM: We assist with the entire process so that looking into a new opportunity is DISCRETE and CONFIDENTIAL – we highly value your current position and will never do anything that would bring your future into jeopardy
- EXPERTISE: In the industry since 2003
- We are your advocate and WE GET IT – we know making a career decision is difficult and we’ re here for you throughout the whole process
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Meet Your Recruiter
Raquel Kulak
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Raquel has mastered the art of outreach and cultivating relationships. Her ability to do so has led to her successfully building & maintaining a robust pipeline of external candidates in her previous position as a healthcare IT recruiter. Raquel brings various skills to our company that help her master all aspects of the recruitment process, from sourcing to follow-up. Raquel approaches her recruiting with the same excellence and professionalism she leads in her personal endeavors. Before her career transition, she was a professional volleyball player in Puerto Rico. She played at the collegiate level at Flagler College, earning her Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies. In addition to crushing it on the volleyball court, she enjoys traveling, making jewelry, and hunting for vintage clothing. You can reach her at Raquel@InteriorTalent.com.